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them - and his brother replied in the affirmative. This seemed satisfying enough an answer to Schubert who passed away later that...
is played slightly faster, and the ending return to the original tempo. It begins in F major, with a simple harmony that is build ...
In five pages Enigma Variations are examined in this report that describes the characteristics of the compositions of Sir Edward E...
book has had a significant influence on his characters and destiny (Johnson 9). During World War I, he lived with his mother and...
1937). Gounod was equally gifted in art and for a time seemed torn between the two but a musical epiphany he had at age 13 would ...
recordings listened to at home. On the other hand, Stockhausen argued that the new music, electronic music, which embody new co...
a weight problem ("Wilsonweb," 1998). His parents divorced and after remarriage, his mother would encourage his musical career whe...
reworked" into passages that frequently sound "hymnic" (Tawa 67-68). As pointed out by Robert Bellah, Christianity, and the Jude...
also began to develop an interest in electronic devices such as variable speed turntables. He "invented the prepared piano, placin...
The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had a great effect throughout Europe and the patronage system of the Baroque was soo...
a "serious" composer by the critics, they were extremely mindful that Gershwin did not orchestrate the first performance of Rhapso...
the strings.6 The tangents were inserted into the key levers at the lower end, and the top end was flattened for contact with the...
the recorder and that it appeared in literally hundreds of his works (2003). Holman (1991) verifies this, stating that Telemann s...
This was not an uncommon practice at the time. Bach did virtually the same thing with some of Vivaldis composition. One commentato...
the opening, your next task is to turn to a declamatory delivery of the words "ut animalia viderent Dominium natum" (that the anim...
grief for his homeland in the Revolutionary Etude (Machlis 82). Chopin arrived in Paris in 1831 and the majority of his musical c...
alternation provides a canvas to the "rich ricercar" variation technique, which Debussy employs (Schmitz 102). The second "image...
ahead of the pop mainstream, as she shapes music that "stabs us in the jugular" (Rule, 1999, p. 69). The 37-year-old released her...
with Barbarina who is the gardeners daughter. "The Count pursues Susanna but conceals himself when the gossiping music master Don ...
melodies.5 The Classical era artists deviated from this example, and their music was considerably simpler in texture. New genres w...
Debussy advocated the "emancipation of dissonance" (Machlis, 1961). A more immediate precursor of electronic music was Edgar Vares...
In a research paper consisting of six pages the powerful influence Beethoven had on the composers that followed are discussed with...
like the painters and poets of this era, they subordinated emotional expression to an accepted standard of "rules" of form.2. Th...
This process served to free Cage from the exigencies of the melodic line and traditional harmonic progression, and allowed Cage to...
loud" (History of the Piano...Grover). In its shape and general construction, it resembled a harpsichord, however, there were ma...
In five pages this paper examines 3 influential composers and musical artists in this consideration of the blues genre. Five sour...
In five pages this research paper analyzes both the famed composer of the early 20th century and his Symphony No. 4. Four sources...
of an orchestra into one cohesive form of musical expression. An examination of the role of the conductor and the intricacies th...
of Josquin in the manner in which one pair of voices appears to be pitted against another (Machlis 259). Claudio Monteverdis mus...
In ten pages this research paper examines how jazz and folk music profoundly influenced this Russian composer as he works clearly ...